Thermal Management

With data centers being one of the largest contributors to global emissions and high energy usage, they are gaining attention, with regulations and renewable energy options becoming increasingly discussed within the sector. This article covers details across the data center ecosystem, including sustainability movements and battery storage.

Maintaining optimum operating temperatures for applications where overheating and thermal runaway might be a risk is the role of thermal management technologies, which can vary greatly in approach depending on application type. This article covers thermal management for BESS and EVs.

Advanced semiconductor packaging has become a central technology platform for high performance computing. For AI and HPC processors, performance depends not only on transistor density, but also on memory bandwidth, I/O density, power delivery, thermal management, and the ability to integrate more functional dies within a single package. This article explores the technology development trends in advanced semiconductor packaging technologies.

As economies worldwide are growing exponentially, there is increasing pressure on many of the major sectors to keep up with global trends. This article covers the need for new thermal management technologies alongside the growing demand for vehicle electrification high performance computing.

A complimentary collection of insights written by IDTechEx industry experts, covering key technology innovation trends shaping the next decade.

An increase in commercial flights and the moving away from government operations is resulting in a rising interest in thermal protection systems for spacecraft. This article explores different approaches with a focus on aerobraking and passive and ablative systems.

Thermal management systems could be likened to the glue holding operations together, to ensure systems can run smoothly in optimal conditions. This article explores in particular IDTechEx's research into thermal management for battery energy storage systems and electric vehicles.

Graphene and advanced coatings are two of the subject matters explored in IDTechEx's extensive portfolio of Advanced Materials and Critical Minerals research reports. This article explores some of graphene's main applications and a wide variety of advanced coating types.

BESS developers are adopting various passive and active thermal management materials and technologies to improve the safety of their Li-ion BESS technologies. By understanding the root causes and impacts of BESS failure, battery storage players and regulators can target Li-ion BESS technology development with a greater targeted purpose, putting an emphasis on safety to reduce fire and explosion risk. A key pathway to address Li-ion BESS failures could also be with large-scale fire testing (LSFT).